Woman's death in Imperial Beach called accidental

IMPERIAL BEACH  An Imperial Beach woman’s death in her condominium Wednesday afternoon was the result of an accidental fall, sheriff’s officials said Thursday.

Homicide detectives were called to investigate after the woman’s husband returned to their home on Ocean Lane, near Seacoast Drive, and found her at the foot of their interior stairs, said sheriff’s Lt. Larry Nesbit.

The husband phoned for help about 3:30 p.m. A fire department crew was unable to revive the woman.

An autopsy by the county Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that the woman’s death was an accident and that she died from injuries she suffered falling down the stairs, Nesbit said.

Nesbit said no one else was home at the time and he didn’t know what caused her to fall.